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2 videodiscs (123 min. each) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. When a crew of foreign workers are massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps though the region. The army offers them protection, but the monks refuse. Should they leave? Despite the growing menace in their midst, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay, come what may
"Avec la participation de France Televions, Canal + - Cinecinema, Centre National de la Cinematographie et de l'Image Animee ; en assoication avec Cofinova 6, Soficienma 6, Cinemage 4"--Opening credits
Released as a motion picture in 2010
Special features: DVD: Theatrical trailer; Previews. Blu-ray: Previews; The sacrificed Tibéhirine: further investigation; Merrimack College Augustine Dialogue IX with author John W. Kiser; Theatrical trailer
Director of photography, Caroline Champetier ; production design, Michel Barthelemy ; editing, Marie-Julie Maille ; costumes, Marielle Robaut
Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach, Jacques Herlin, Loic Pichon, Xavier Maly, Jean-Marie Frin, Olivier Perrier, Sabrina Ouazani, Farid Larbi, Adel Bencherif
MPAA Rating: PG-13; for a momentary scene of startling wartime violence, some disturbing images and brief language
DVD, NTSC; widescreen
Blu-ray; zones A and B; 2.35:1 aspect ratio
French dialogue with optional English subtitles; English subtitles for deaf and hard of hearing
Grand Prize Cannes Film Festival, 2010
National Board of Review, Best Foreign Language Film, 2010